Live auction - brm_704321 - CONSTANTIUS II Argenteus
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| Estimate : | 500 € |
| Price : | 540 € |
| Maximum bid : | 660 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 December 2021 15:20:02 |
| bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Argenteus
Date: 352-355
Mint name / Town : Siscia
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe revers finement détaillé. Métal légèrement griffé. Patine grise de collection
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONSTANTI-VS P F AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Constance II auguste à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’b) ; diadème lauré et gemmé.
Obverse translation : “Constantius Pius Felix Augustus”, (Constance pieux heureux auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM// SIS(CROISSANT POINTÉ).
Reverse description : Victoria (la Victoire) drapée, marchant à gauche, tenant une couronne de la main droite et une palme de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : "Victoria Augustorum", (La Victoire de notre auguste).
Historical background
CONSTANTIUS II
(8/11/324-3/11/361)
Augustus
Constantius II was born on August 7, 318 in Sirmium. He was raised to the cesarat on November 8, 324 at the age of six. He will reign 37 years, one of the longest reigns of the 4th century. After having crushed the revolt of Magnentius, he was alone august with a Caesar, Constance Galle, whom he had executed in 354. On November 6, 355, he elevated his cousin Julian to the title of Caesar. He went to Rome in 357, then to Sirmium, which he made his capital. Faced with the Sassanid danger, he left this region in 359 and settled in Antioch. Julien is proclaimed august in February 360. Constantius dies on November 3, 361, leaving Julien at the head of the Empire.
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